How long until N7 is rooted?

**eRod v1.0** · 06-27-2012, 04:16 PM

Since they gave them away to the devs as a gift, I'm guessing by Monday.

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**ajonesma** · 06-27-2012, 04:57 PM

I say friday! Lol It'll be rooted before we get ours though

I'm looking forward to the ROMs for this thing!

**EJT** · 06-27-2012, 05:15 PM

Eh, if it's as easy as rooting a Galaxy Nexus using ADB..........about four minutes LOL

**ragnarokx** · 06-27-2012, 05:16 PM

There's no exploit to find when rooting a Nexus device - unlock the bootloader, copy superuser.apk to /system - and you're rooted. It was designed to be rooted.

**Comineeyeaha** · 06-27-2012, 05:21 PM

The real question that we should be asking is how long until there are custom ROMs for it. I see the wider nav bar and all I can think of is how many more icons I can cram down there.

**ragnarokx** · 06-27-2012, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Comineeyeaha

The real question that we should be asking is how long until there are custom ROMs for it. I see the wider nav bar and all I can think of is how many more icons I can cram down there.

I wouldn't be surprised if ROMs dropped within 24 hours of Google releasing the 4.1 source code.

**nuprotocol** · 06-27-2012, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Comineeyeaha

The real question that we should be asking is how long until there are custom ROMs for it. I see the wider nav bar and all I can think of is how many more icons I can cram down there.

+1 for an awesome profile pic. lol

**dmmarck** · 06-27-2012, 06:55 PM

I plan on unlocking/rooting first thing. Thankfully all those devs will iron out the details before we get ours

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**cammykool** · 06-27-2012, 07:02 PM

ac posted a how to unlock the bootlader vid

**ajonesma** · 06-27-2012, 07:24 PM

i also plan on rooting/unlocking as soon as I get mine....if there are any good ROMs out when it gets here, I'll start flashing

**KSmithInNY** · 06-27-2012, 07:43 PM

The process of unlocking the bootloader is the same as any other nexus

http://m.androidcentral.com/how-unlo...s-7-bootloader

Apart from deodexed and png-optimized builds (you'll need a custom recovery to flash), you'll need source for CM (and variants) which won't happen for another couple of weeks.